As in the novel, apparently we can simply wish new things into existence--such as people's willingness to buy and drive tiny cars and electric vehicles, the ability to extract more BTUs from a gallon of gas than it contains and the ability to bend large businesses to your will.

Oh yeah..I forgot about those "bailouts" (nudge, nudge; wink, wink) of Chrysler and GM. Never mind that last point.

Once again, good old Officer Harless threatens to kill someone in the video at the link above. While this incident is less clear-cut than the first, it still seems like a gross over-reaction from my perspective.

However, it could be that Officer Harless is simply acting as Cnaton Police Chief Dean McKimm apparently believes he should.

Generally speaking, police officers who encounter a gun need to let the suspect know that they view it as a life and death situation, that they are taking control and that they will do what is necessary to make sure the gun isn’t used against them, other officers or bystanders, McKimm said.

Even if the gun is legally carried and is of no threat to the officer, it seems.

Note to socialists everywhere: This is why we work and strive to be successful--so that we can do these things. This is opposed to your ethic, where you steal from us and use it to buy favor in quarters where people do not strive. Beware of the outcome when we decide that we are tired of being stolen from and decide to act on that decision.

To those parents with children in the "rich" schools, a thought. If you can afford to do this, why not put that money to work and put your kids in a private school instead?